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(I would, too!)
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I used to make fun of "mindset" books and courses. They're all fluff and a waste of time, I thought.
Well, maybe they have some use.
Last night in his presentation Mark used a term (I don't remember the exact wording) like "mental glass ceiling" to refer to how we limit ourselves.
I like that image.
Back in 1999, when I was a professor earning $37,800 per year out of grad school, my earning that salary seemed to me like a fixed part of the universe. I teach X courses and fulfill my duties, and I get that salary.
Somebody earning $12 per hour at a convenience store probably thinks in a similar way: "This is the way the universe works. Some people are lucky and have great and prosperous lives, and I earn $12 per hour. The more hours I work, the more $12 increments I get in my paycheck."
If you're stuck thinking that way, it's extremely difficult to think any other way.
When you encounter people doing extremely well, particularly online, you'll be wired to think: this can't be; no matter how many hours I put into something I would never generate that much dough.
That's because you are thinking: income = number of hours worked x my hourly rate.
The entrepreneur is thinking: income = conversion rate x commissions per unit.
You have only so many hours, so the "number of hours worked" in your formula is the limiting factor.
For the entrepreneur in our example, hours don't even figure into his calculations.
There is a built-in ceiling when you trade time for money. There is only one of you. If your income depends on how many services your physical body can provide, you can no doubt do quite well in some professions but there will always be a limit to just how well. There are only so many clients a personal trainer can take on, and there are only so many procedures a surgeon can perform.
Last night we talked about people who do not trade time for money, and how some of them do it. And indeed how you can do it.
The link to the replay is below.
Mark begins with examples of successful people who do what he teaches, because _he is trying to shatter that mental glass ceiling with a sledgehammer_. "Oh, just get on with it," some might say. No. That ceiling has to be smashed good and hard first.
And then he proceeds to describe how to make a living, or something on the side, that even Dr. Fauci can't shut down:
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